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World Bank Publication: Education for Climate Action
In early September, 2024, The World Bank published “Choosing Our Future: Education for Climate Action”—a report that highlights the many ways that education directly contributes to climate action and a greener future. Through its fresh data, evidence, and examples, the World Bank report serves as a powerful tool for countries to utilize in their efforts […]
Promoting Climate-sensitive Early Childhood Care and Education in Emergencies
This brief addresses a gap in climate change and education literature: young children who are affected by crises. Climate mitigation and adaptation efforts often exclude early childhood care and education (ECCE), especially in crises and emergencies. Therefore, the brief outlines multisectoral ECCE interventions that can serve as solutions to broader climate change mitigation and adaptation […]
Call for Proposals: Teachers at COP
Deadline: October 3, 2024 11:59PM (French Time) The TeachersCOP is an international event created by the Office for Climate Education (OCE), to highlight to global politicians and decision-makers the work of teachers, the challenges they face and the key role they play in the global climate response. This year the TeachersCOP is aimed at all primary and secondary teachers as well […]
Young educators: learning, inspiring and driving climate action
On International Youth Day 2024, the COP29 Climate Change Summer Camp, held from August 6-9 at ADA University in Baku, Azerbaijan, gathered 75 early-career educators from 35 countries to enhance climate change education. Organized by COP29 Youth Climate Champion Leyla Hasanova and various partners, the camp aimed to equip teachers with effective tools and resources […]
Education unions redouble efforts to ensure quality climate education and a just transition for all
Educators globally are rallying for climate action through the Teach for the Planet campaign, highlighted at Education International’s 10th World Congress in Buenos Aires. This event saw union leaders discussing the profound impacts of climate change on education and advocating for integrated climate education and better working conditions for teachers. Discover how unions are mobilizing […]
Girls’ Education and Climate Change: Investing in Education for Resilience
This brief was developed to support dissemination of key messages in Mind the Gap 2: Seeking Safe and Sustainable Solutions for Girls’ Education in Crises. It provides an overview of evidence and gaps on the relationship between girls’ education and climate crises and recommends actions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on girls’ education and […]
Plan International: Climate change education capacity statement
Plan International is pleased to present this capacity statement on their work on climate change education, which summarises nearly two decades of promising practices from their programming and influencing work: from child-led Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) education in Asia-Pacific to global youth-led influencing of Conference of the Parties (COP) outcomes. Available in English and French.
Climate Change and Education: Building Momentum through a Shared Research Agenda
Education can contribute to the resilience of climate change, yet evidence on how this works is limited. A group of researchers, activists, donors, and policymakers from Center for Global Development have outlined a research agenda to protect children’s education amidst the climate crisis, aiming to align academic, policy, and practitioner communities around shared goals. Check […]
Call for Proposals to Address Intersection of Climate and Education Crisis
Submission Proposal Deadline: August 5, 2024 Education Cannot Wait’s Acceleration Facility provides a flexible financing mechanism to fund strategic initiatives which tackle systemic barriers to quality education. ECW has committed to investing in three new Acceleration Facility partnerships to ensure greater focus and improved responsiveness within the Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises (EiEPC) sector to climate-related risks and hazards in the countries worst affected […]
Weathering the Storm: Climate Shocks Threaten Children’s Skills and Learning But Social Protection Can Mitigate Impact
This Policy Brief draws together Young Lives evidence on the impact of early climate shocks in particular on children’s basic skills and learning, finding that early exposure to droughts and floods has a profound impact on children’s nutrition and physical growth, with long term consequences for their skills development, ability to learn and progress in […]